ἁπλῶς
ἁπλῶς, singly, in one way
ἁπλ-ῶς, Adv. of ἁπλοῦς,
- singly, in one way, μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ Pl. R. 381c, etc.; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opp. πολλαχῶς, Arist. Top. 158b10; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opp. συμπλεκόμενα, Id. Metaph. 1014a19, cf. Ph. 195b15; opp. κατʼ ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaph. 1041b1; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. ap. EN 1106b35, etc.
- II simply, plainly, ἀλλʼ ἁ. φράσον A. Supp. 464; ἁ. τι φράζουσʼ Id. Ch. 121; ἁ. εἰπεῖν Isoc. 4.154; λαλεῖν Anaxil. 22.23.
- b openly, frankly, Isoc. 3.52, X. HG 4.1.37; in good faith, D. 18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν to be a simpleton, Isoc. 4.16.
- c in its natural state, uncooked, of food, Jul. Or. 6.192b.
- 2 simply, absolutely, ἁ. ἀδύνατον Th. 3.45; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), Id. 7.34; ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν . . συνίημι Philem. 123; ὅσʼ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ . . ἁ. simply all the good things there are, Ar. Ach. 873; ἔδωκʼ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. D. 18.179; ἁ. absolutely, opp. κατά τι (relatively), Arist. Top. 115b12; opp. πρός τι, APr. 41a5; opp. πρὸς ἡμᾶς, APo. 72a3; opp. τινί, Top. 116a21; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., Cael. 311a17, 27, Mete. 386b32, al.; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., EN 1136b22, 1134b4, al.; opp. ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), Pol. 1301a29; strengthd. ἁ. οὕτως Pl. Grg. 468c, D. 21.99; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opp. τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, S. Fr. 770; ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία Arist. EN 1138a33; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, Dam. Pr. 5: Comp. ἁπλούστερον Is. 4.2; -τερως Str. 6.2.4: Sup. ἁπλούστατα Pl. Lg. 921b.
- 3 in a word, E. Rh. 851, X. Cyr. 1.6.33, Mem. 1.3.2, etc.
- 4 generally, opp. σαφέστερον, Arist. Pol. 1341b39, al.; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν ib. 1285a31, EN 1115a8, al.; ἁ. δηλῶσαι Hell.Oxy. 11.4; τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν Isoc. 4.11, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 100, 243: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, λίαν ἁ. Arist. Metaph. 987a21, GA 756b17, al.; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, E. IA 899.
- 5 foolishly, Plu. Adul. 2.72b.
ἁπλῶς, adv. simplement :
I au propre, Plat. Rsp. 381c ; Arstt. Top. 8, 3, 2, etc. ||
II fig.
1 tout uniment, tout bonnement, Xén. Cyr. 1, 6, 33 ; Mem. 1, 3, 2 ; Arstt. Categ. c. 5 et 8, etc. ||
2 sans détours, franchement, Xén. Œc. 20, 13 ; Mem. 4, 7, 1 ; Hell. 4, 1, 37 ; Dém. 288, 12 ; 328, 3, etc. ; joint à φανερῶς, Isocr. 37d ; à γενναίως, Pol. 32, 13, 14 ; en mauv. part, naïvement, sottement, Isocr. 44a ||
3 p. suite, tout uniment, en un mot : ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν, Isocr. 72e ; Th. C.P. 3, 22, 2 ; ou simpl. ἁ. εἰπεῖν, Arstt. Top. 6, 3 ; D. Chr. Or. 3, v. 1, p. 139, pour tout dire en un mot ; d’où purement et simplement, absolument, DC. 36, 14 etc. ; suivi de πως, DC. 40, 48 ; 61, 4 ; p. opp. à relativement (κατά τι) Arstt. Top. 2, 11, 4, etc. ; τὸ ἁ. καλόν ; τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, Arstt. Nic. 5, 9, 9, etc. le beau absolu, le bien absolu ; ἡ ἁ. δική, Soph. fr. 709, la justice absolue ||
4 sans recherche, sans art, Isocr. 43b, 148b, etc. ; en mauv. part, superficiellement, Isocr. 44a ; Arstt. Metaph. 1, 5, 16, etc. ||
Cp. ἁπλουστέρως, Arstt. Cæl. 3, 5 ; Str. 255 ; ou ἁπλούστερον, Is. 46, 32 ; Ath. 674e ; DL. 7, 60.
Sup. ἁπλούστατα, Xén. Mem. 4, 2, 40 ; Plat. Leg. 921b, etc.
Étym. contract. de *ἁπλόως, adv. de ἁπλόος.
ἁπλῶς, adv. zu ἁπλόος, einfach, schlicht, λέγειν, dem ἀκριβῶς entgegengesetzt, Isocr. 4.11 ; vgl. 154 ; λίαν ἁπλῶς ἔχειν 4.18 ; ohne Ausnahme, schlechthin, unbedingt ; ἁπλῶς οὕτως, oft bei Plat., z.B. Prot. 351d ; οὕτως ἁπλῶς Rep. 551a ; ὁ τὸν νόμον τιθεὶς ἁπλῶς εἶπε Dem. 19.7, Ggstz οὐ διώρισε ; bestimmt, καὶ ἀτεχνῶς Plat. Phaed. 100d ; – Pol. u. Sp. ἁπλῶς οὐ, durchaus nicht, 1.4.43.
Strong 574
simply, sincerely, graciously: Ja 1:5. ("Later writers comprehend under the one word the whole magnanimous and honourable type of character in which ... singleness of mind is the central feature"—Hort, Ja., 1:5)†
ἁπλῶς
- Adv. of ἁπλοῦς, Lat. simpliciter
- Isingly, in one way, Plat.
- IIsimply, plainly, openly, frankly, Aesch., etc.
- 2simply, absolutely, ἁπλῶς ἀδύνατον Thuc.; οὐδεμία ἁπλῶς none at all, Thuc.; ὅσʼ ἐστιν ἁπλῶς simply all there are, Ar.
- 3in a word, Lat. denique, Eur., Xen.